Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Ex Utroque Caesar

Here is today's emblem and distich by Gabriel Rollenhagen, Book 1.32, with an English rendering by George Wither. This king of the two talents holds a sword in his right hand and a book in his left; meanwhile, in the background on the right you can see a king going to war while on the left he is instead deliberating.Ex Utroque CaesarArtibus ac armis: ab utrisque ego Caesar in orbeDicor; erunt artes armaque noster amor.

A Princes most ennobling Parts,Are Skill in Armes, and Love to Arts.

The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. All the words in this poem are on that list! Note also one proper noun not on the list:

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